Maui-ed!

Kyle and I are only going to be in Hawaii for another year so I want to take advantage of it as much as I can. So for me that means visiting all the other islands! I had been looking at flights to other islands and they were super cheap so I was planning on taking Kyle for the three day weekend. Well, the hotels are so expensive, I didn't really know what there was to do, and Kyle had his CFA Challenge the same weekend. Turns out my roomies were planning a trip for the same weekend! So I decided to go with them to get a taste of Maui before I took Kyle. I am so glad I booked that ticket cause we had just a blast! My roomies are the best : )

Nothing better than a Jeep for an island cruiser ;)

This is the view from the house we stayed at...right on the beach!

 

On Sunday we went to Lahaina. It's a cute touristy strip with tons of souvenir shops. 

Then we went to Kaanapali beach and we ate at Nikki's Pizza. There's tons of hotels and shopping. Me likey!

Then coming back we did the road to Hana! It road was out of control but so beautiful! It seriously looked like Ireland.

Then on Monday we had the most perfect day at the beach! It was super warm, the water was perfect, and the sand was super smooth! Oh, and I successfully boogie boarded for the first time!

So it's actually mating season for whales right now so Hawaii is making a killing off of whale watching tours. They pop up on Groupon all the time and I always tell myself that the next time I see one I am going to buy it. I think I've let about 3 or 4 slip by me already. Well, at this beach you could hear the whales from under the water! IT WAS AMAZING. Now I just want to buy one EVEN MORE!

We ended the trip with the one and only Krispy Kreme :) Don't know when we'll be able to have it again!

I have my hubby back!

One of Kyle's majors is finance and to get more involved, he joined the CFA team at our school. This past Friday, his team competed in the CFA Challenge against two other schools. Their presentations were on the financial status of Bank of Hawaii. They started preparing for this in September and it consumed their lives. Kyle literally had no time for me and I did not take it well because I am so needy. I think twice he ended up staying at the school for 24 hours...on a Saturday. It was ridiculous.

So a few people from our school made the hour trip downtown to go support. We ended up being late since the traffic was so bad. Once we got there the first team had already started presenting and they weren't letting anybody in. Well, we thought that BYUH was the first to present so we were SO bummed. Once they let us in we realized that it was a different team presenting! We were all so excited, it was so funny. So we got to watch our team and you could tell they were super nervous but they did a great job! Afterwards, there was a small banquet where they announced the results and recognized the schools. Our team didn't win but I'm just so glad it's over! Then Kyle dropped me off at the airport so I could go to Maui, and that's a whole other blog post ;)